Sunday - October 25, 2009
A barber’s shop pole has been seized as a health and safety risk. Moonbats on the march!
No surprise in a country where (least where I live) a barber can’t use traditional razors due to, elf ‘n’ safety. Fact is, I haven’t even seen a safety razor in use here. So this doesn’t come as any surprise.
No problems after 19 years but the council figures there will be a problem. Tell ya what. After this I believe there could be. If they relent and allow the barber in this story to re-install his pole, how long might it be before someone suddenly had, oops. An accident. And sued. Naturally.
HEALTH and SAFETY’S CHOP FOR THE BARBER’S POLE DEEMED ‘UNSTABLE.’
By Mail On Sunday Reporter
Last updated at 1:16 AM on 25th October 2009A barber’s shop pole has been seized as a health and safety risk – even though no one has ever complained about it.
Wigan council officers said it was their duty to remove the freestanding red-and-white sign in case pedestrians tripped over it.
But shop owner Rob Grice, 38, said the move was unjustified.
‘Nobody has tripped over the pole in the 19 years I’ve owned the shop,’ he said.
‘There are bins and lampposts along the street but they are not considered safety hazards.
‘The pole let our customers know when we were open and now it has been taken away. Health Secretary Andy Burnham is our MP and he’s always banging on about promoting local businesses. But how can you do that if your customers can’t see if you’re open?’
One regular said: ‘Has the council nothing better to do? Everyone thinks this is ridiculous. The pole doesn’t pose any danger.’
Last night town hall chiefs defended their decision to remove the pole: ‘We work closely with access groups and it is our duty to look after the interests of people in wheelchairs and with white sticks,’ said a spokesman.
‘Objects like these are not as stable as fixed street signs and we are being encouraged by Government to be much more proactive over things like this.
‘The sign was noticed by inspectors. The shop is in a narrow street. It was an accident waiting to happen. The proprietor was issued with a warning but he failed to respond so we were obliged to take it off him. He is entitled to have it back if he pays the council £100.’
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